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‘Deal reached’ to end major US port strike
LOS ANGELES — Negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to end a week-long strike crippling the key US ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said. The announcement, made on the mayor’s official Twitter account late Tuesday, came after a federal mediator was called in…
Los Angeles mayor warns trade hub strike cannot go on
A strike disrupting cargo through a key US trade gateway with Asia is about to enter its second week, with no progress reported in negotiations, and warnings about the economic fallout. Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has called for round-the-clock bargaining to end the strike at the ports of Los…
Los Angeles Mayor proposing ‘City ID’ for undocumented immigrants
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has proposed offering undocumented immigrants a “City ID” photo-identification card in an effort to help them open bank accounts. The Los Angeles Times reported Friday that Villaraigosa wants the city to develop an ID program similar to cities like San Francisco, which offers photo identification…
Democratic convention chair: ‘As a nation, we are better off’ than four years ago
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s appearance on CBS This Morning was part of a media blitz by Democratic Party officials to re-frame their response to the question of whether Americans are better off now than they were four years ago. “When you’re unemployed, you’re struggling,” said Villaraigosa, who will chair…
Villaraigosa: Republicans running on ‘platform of 1812′
After a week of watching the Republican National Convention, the Democratic convention chair has decided that the GOP 2012 platform looks more like the “platform of 1812.” “If you look at their platform, the 2012 platform, it looks like it’s from another century — maybe even two,” Los Angeles Mayor…
Democratic Convention chair: Party platform should include marriage equality
The chairman of the 2012 Democratic National Convention on Wednesday announced support for including same sex marriage in the party’s official platform. During a Politico Playbook breakfast, Mike Allen asked Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa if he thought the “Democratic national platform should have a marriage equality plank?” “I do,”…
Los Angeles forces porn actors to wear condoms
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signed into law Tuesday an ordinance requiring porn actors to use condoms, a measure welcomed by AIDS campaigners. City lawmakers voted in favor of the law earlier this month, in the latest move in a battle between AIDS activists and the California-based…
LA mayor tells defiant ‘Occupy’ demonstrators to go
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa ordered anti-capitalist [sic] protesters to leave the spot where they have been rallying since October by 12:01 am Monday, citing public safety concerns. “Occupy LA has brought needed attention to the growing disparities in our country and I look forward to its ongoing efforts to…
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